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Écarts d’inflation et soutenabilité de la zone euro : les enseignements des indicateurs des conditions monétaires

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  • Nabil Maâlel
  • Olfa Zarrad

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[eng] Inflation Gaps and Sustainability of the Euro Zone : What Do the Monetary Conditions Indexes Tell Us ? . The existence of inflation gaps across the euro zone countries is a real preoccupation for policy makers. Diverging levels of inflation across a monetary union lead to various gaps of real interest rates among the member countries. These gaps of real interest rates can contribute to maintain both inflation and output gaps. Therefore, the impact of real interest rates can be compensated by the movements of the real effective exchange rate. The motivation of this paper is to test the effect of real effective exchange rate movements on output gaps within the euro area countries. Using the standard version of the monetary conditions index (MCI), which is a combination of the changes of interest rate and exchange rate from some arbitrary base period, we find that there is a compensation between internal and external monetary conditions (interest rate and exchange rate) for many economies of the euro zone members. . Classification JEL : E31, E42, E52, F31. [fre] L’existence d’écarts d’inflation au sein de la zone euro est un phénomène préoccupant. Des niveaux d’inflation divergents au sein d’une union monétaire entraînent des écarts de taux d’intérêt réel parmi les pays membres, qui sont susceptibles d’exercer un effet déstabilisateur sur les économies nationales, en contribuant à entretenir les écarts d’inflation et de production. Mais les effets du taux d’intérêt réel peuvent être contrecarrés par le canal du taux de change effectif réel. Ce papier vise à tester l’impact des variations du taux de change effectif réel sur les écarts de production au sein des pays membres de la zone euro. Nous utilisons à cet effet la version standard des indicateurs des conditions monétaires (ICM) qui traduit l’action conjointe des variations du taux d’intérêt et du taux de change sur le niveau d’activité ou l’inflation. Les résultats révèlent une certaine compensation entre les conditions monétaires internes (taux d’intérêt) et externes (taux de change) dans beaucoup de pays membres. . Classification JEL : E31, E42, E52, F31.

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  • Nabil Maâlel & Olfa Zarrad, 2010. "Écarts d’inflation et soutenabilité de la zone euro : les enseignements des indicateurs des conditions monétaires," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 100(4), pages 285-304.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2010_num_100_4_5838
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2010.5838
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    1. Zouri, Stéphane, 2019. "(A)-symétrie des cycles économiques dans la Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO) [(A) -Symmetry of business cycles in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOW," MPRA Paper 95289, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange

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